Ap Lit (Words and PRS) Week 1-2

Question 1

Avocation

Answer 1

A minor occupation ( a hobby)

Question 2

Capricious

Answer 2

Sudden change in behavior

Question 3

Disparity

Answer 3

I difference in treatment often seen as unfair.

Question 4

Efficacy

Answer 4

the ability to produce a desired or intended result.

Question 5

Epistle

Answer 5

A letter

Question 6

Hospice

Answer 6

a home that tends to the old and ill.

Question 7

impetus

Answer 7

the force or energy with which a body moves.

Question 8

Moribund

Answer 8

At the point of death

Question 9

Reticent

Answer 9

not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily.

Question 10

Vacillate

Answer 10

alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive.

Question 11

Akin

Answer 11

Similar of nature or character

Question 12

Corroborate

Answer 12

confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding).

Question 13

Inexorable

Answer 13

impossible to stop or prevent.

Question 14

Insipid

Answer 14

Lacking flavor

Question 15

Nefarious

Answer 15

Evil

Question 16

Physiognomy

Answer 16

a person’s facial features or expression, especially when regarded as indicative of character or ethnic origin.

Question 17

Retinue

Answer 17

A group of advisors, assistants, or others accompanying an important person.

Question 18

Suppliant

Answer 18

a person making a humble plea to someone in power or authority.

Question 19

Tedium

Answer 19

Being repetitive or boring

Question 20

Torrid

Answer 20

Hot and steamy (sometimes used to describe an affair)

Question 21

Allocation

Answer 21

The action or process of distributing something

Question 22

Ascetic

Answer 22

The practice of severe discipline and abstention from all from of indulgence.

Question 23

Beguile

Answer 23

Charm or enchant someone, sometimes in a deceptive way.

Question 24

Crass

Answer 24

Lacking sensitivity or intelligence

Question 25

defray

Answer 25

Provide money to pay a cost or expense

Question 26

Dint

Answer 26

A blow or stroke; an impression or hollow in a surface

Question 26

Enjoin

Answer 26

Instruct or urge someone to do something

Question 27

Envoy

Answer 27

A messenger or representative, especially one on a diplomatic mission.

Question 28

Interloper

Answer 28

A person who becomes involved in a place or situation where they are not wanted or are considered not to belong.

Question 29

Vicarious

Answer 29

experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person.

Question 30

Admonish

Answer 30

warn or reprimand someone firmly.

Question 31

Akimbo

Answer 31

with hands on the hips and elbows turned outward.

Question 32

Lassitude

Answer 32

a state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy

Question 33

licentious

Answer 33

promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters.

Question 34

muse

Answer 34

a person or personified force who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist.

Question 35

pecuniary

Answer 35

relating to or consisting of money.

Question 36

plight

Answer 36

a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation.

Question 37

Presumptuous

Answer 37

full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought, as by saying or doing something without right or permission

Question 38

subversive

Answer 38

seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution.

Question 39

Vacuous

Answer 39

having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless.

Question 40

Ann

Answer 40

Year

Question 41

Eu

Answer 41

Good/Beautiful

Question 42

Cred

Answer 42

Believe

Question 43

Sym/Syn

Answer 43

Same

Question 44

Pro

Answer 44

Forward

Question 45

Able/Ible

Answer 45

Able

Question 46

Cord/card

Answer 46

Heart

Question 47

Aud

Answer 47

Hear

Question 48

Cid/Cis

Answer 48

Cut or kill

Question 49

Ben/Bon

Answer 49

Good

Question 50

Pre

Answer 50

Before

Question 51

Cur

Answer 51

Care for

Question 52

Col/Con/Com

Answer 52

With

Question 53

Tion

Answer 53

the act of

Question 54

Duc/Duct

Answer 54

Lead

Question 55

Phil

Answer 55

Love

Question 56

Ject

Answer 56

Throw

Question 57

An

Answer 57

Without

Question 58

Port

Answer 58

Carry

Question 59

Re

Answer 59

Again

Question 60

Sub

Answer 60

Under

Question 61

Grat

Answer 61

Thanks/ Gratious

Question 62

Luc/Lum

Answer 62

Light

Question 63

Ab, abs

Answer 63

From, away from

Question 64

Cred/Ces/Ceed

Answer 64

Go

Question 65

Dia

Answer 65

Across